Take that Hank!

Snuggled buddies

They slept like this. Cute..

Hank likes green beans!

He made it to the very top!

Found the gecko!!!!!

A few years later.....

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Sevy the basilisk

Checking out the cape myrtle

Flooding the tank

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Computer time with mom

He's been chillin' on my shoulder for a good hour now just watching me play around on the computer.  such a good boy.  :)

Strike a pose

The bearded dragon super-model

Kia checking out the backyard

Making friends

Lizard love

A mating pair of anoles.

Mating anoles

Getting some sun

Texting with big sis

Piggy back riding

You don't see this pair every day

The new reptile habitat

Side shot of the new set up

Turtle pig pile

Chillin' in his pool

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Watching the final four

Gig 'em aggies!

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Chillin' with mom on the computer

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Waiting for Daddy to finish the cage expansion.....

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Sexing a Chinese water dragon

Here is what you need to look for when trying to determine your dragon's gender. The male will look like the above picture. The key markings are the femoral pores that you see along his inner thigh. The females will not be noticeable.
These will not show up until your dragon is approximately a year and a half old.

Anole pair

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No Name

Here is a better pic of the newest lizard addition. His markings are so pretty! They also call the Basilisk the "Jesus Lizard" because they can run on water.
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BFF's

These two just love each other! They like to snuggle and lay near one another. Now that we figured out the Chinese dragon was a boy and not a girl like we thought, it makes a little more sense. ;)

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Houdini

Our male Chinese water dragon, Shui Long loves to try and escape from the tank. On a successful attempt, he made is way to a 6 ft tall fake tree we have. It was a fun hunt trying to find him.
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The Basilisk

This is our new brown basilisk. He/She is still to young to sex. It was a birthday present for my husband. We are still working on a name for this cute little guy!

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Daddy is fascinating!

Shui, our male Chinese water dragon was staring at husband for several minutes. He was quite captivated.
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A Couple Anoles

We have a few anoles as well. Here are a couple that made me laugh!
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Our Reptiles

We have acquired quite a collection of reptiles...lizards and turtle.  Legs are a MUST in this house, so no snakes for us!  And now for some introductions...

Here are our male and female red ear slider turtles.  We have had these since they were tiny babies, about the size of a fifty cent piece!  Squirt is the male and Lily is our female.  It's fun to watch these two doing their various mating rituals.  They are about two years old now.

Our lizards and turtles are housed together in a large 125 gallon terrarium.  This is a picture of (from left to right) our male box turtle, Hank, our male Chinese water dragon, Shui Long, Lily, female red-eared slider and Squirt, our male red-eared slider.

Below is Shui Long (Chinese for "water dragon").  He is so calm and easy to handle.  He has grown some since this picture was taken.  

Here are two of our lizards...Shui Long, our Chinese water dragon, and Kia, our female Bearded Dragon.  This is a few months ago....they have grown quite a bit.  

Here is Waffle, our soft-shell turtle.  He is very shy and likes to bury himself in the gravel and sand at the bottom of our tank.  We have had him since he was a baby...he is wild-caught.  Not sure the sex of this one though.  ;)

Here is Hank, our male box turtle.  He is so fun....I rescued him from the middle of a busy street.  He has been a fun addition to our reptile family.  He LOVES bananas!

Here is Sake, our Chinese pond turtle.  She has the cutest little face that always looks like she is smiling. She is very shy and grows very slowly.  We have had her for almost a year now.  I'm not positive that she is a girl.  I haven't found out the best way to sex a Chinese pond turtle yet.  ;)

I want to post a picture daily of our animals.  They are funny and are great pets.  I hope you enjoy them too and possibly learn something in the process.  :)